article published following an extended visit in February in Gaza for a month. An Arabic version is available in the newspaper “Thawra Dai’ma” number 2: http://prjournal.socialist-forum.org/content/gaza-under-seige The last Israeli military offensive in March causing the deaths of more than 20 Palestinians and the ongoing electricity crisis prove that the Gaza strip is still not free from … Continue reading →

Palestinians and their supporters around the world organised demonstrations, across 80 different countries, to mark Palestinian Land Day on 30 March. Land Day is commemorated every year to reaffirm the attachment of the Palestinian people to their lands and their rejection of the Israeli occupation and its illegal settlements. The origin of this event is … Continue reading →

Fatah and Hamas may have agreed to form a new unity government, but their overriding interest is still to maintain their own power, not to defend the Palestinian people. In February this year, Fatah and Hamas signed an agreement in Doha, Qatar, to form a new unity government composed of ‘independent personalities’ and led by … Continue reading →

The Israeli Occupation army killed 13 Palestinians and injured 21 in a series of airstrikes on Friday March 9. They bombed civilians including children, in a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip in Gaza city, Rafah, Nusirat and Jabalya. In these airstrikes, Israel assassinated the leader of a Palestinian resistance faction … Continue reading →

Amid continued protest in Egypt and the formation of a new government a week ago before the pressure of the popular movement in the country, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)’s position continue to be source of debate and critic for Egyptians and others. The MB was the largest opposing party during Moubarak era and became the … Continue reading →

The Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has reshuffled his government in front increasing popular pressure and mobilizations. The Egyptian people are now more and more targeting the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for their inability to implement the demands of the revolution, while protesters have repeatedly these past 10 days raised slogans for … Continue reading →

I had the chance to spend six days in the Gaza strip from the 12t of June to the 18th June with a delegation of student from Goldsmith University in London. This trip was planned by Goldsmith students in collaboration with the Islamic University of Gaza, which is the largest in the Gaza strip reaching … Continue reading →

The Israeli occupation army killed at least 23 people, including woman and a 12-year-old boy, and wounded more than 350 after Israeli forces opened fire along the frontier to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators attempting to enter the Israel-occupied portion of the Syrian Golan Heights. The deaths occurred as the protesters marching from the Golan Heights approached the Israel-occupied … Continue reading →